Example Sentences

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Photographers have mobbed the charred capsule, their cameras pressed up against the portholes, the flashes blinding the captive cosmonauts.

From National Geographic • Mar. 4, 2016

Voters have mobbed Mr. Sanders at events since Friday, some jumping over chairs to shake his hand, snap a selfie or thank him for speaking about the middle class.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2016

From Quartz: 35,000 walruses have mobbed the Alaskan coast — because there’s no sea ice left to rest on.

From Time • Oct. 1, 2014

One Tory MP told me afterwards: "If DC had come to the tearoom after PMQs we'd have mobbed him with support."

From The Guardian • May 26, 2012

"If they had discovered that one of you was a United States naval officer, they would have mobbed you."

From Fighting for the Right by Shute, A. B.